#but i'd prefer an ugly but tasty mead over a pretty but eh tasting one

[abandonthefort]

fingers crossed i picked the right thing to fix so the prickly pear mead isn’t as acidic as the black raspberry mead i made over the summer (too many tannins)

tho i just tasted the black raspberry mead and it’s way less acidic now than i remember it being when i bottled it 2 months ago so hopefully even that will wind up v tasty in a few more months? and i tasted the shorter bottle that has a lot more particulate so i know it’s not gonna taste as good as the other bottle (also it’s...definitely still fermenting. there were bubbles. i. did not plan for this nor expect it so it’s probs a good thing i tasted it bc they’re not in bottles with corks that breathe so burping is needed so i don’t explode things. that would be MESSY and unfortunate)

also fingers crossed that i picked remotely close to a correct ratio of prickly pear juice to honey

also also fingers crossed that i found all the dang glochids in my dang fingers from prepping the prickly pears bc goddamn did they do a number on me prepping them! my attempts to use a brush and washcloth were Insufficient and i absolutely should have held off until i went to the store to get rubber gloves so this didn’t happen

#hol's dubious mead making #i mean the mead is not dubious it's my skills #like the prickly pear is attempt 2 #the black raspberry has good fruity flavor and alcohol content #it's just more acidic than i'd like? #i'm not...totally sure why it's that acidic #and i forget whether i added a lil bit of lemon juice or not #i think i might have? #i definitely did not add lemon juice to this one #even tho i'm afraid the beautiful purple will become brown #but i'd prefer an ugly but tasty mead over a pretty but eh tasting one #oh hey i should ask for the thingy to measure specific gravity so i can figure out how alcoholic these are #bc that would be good to know? #i mean esp for me bc i am a goddamn lightweight #1.5 beers and i am toasted #if i wind up with tasty mead it will be embarrassingly easy to get far too lit